So here goes my own personal challenge, 30 blogs in 30 days. I am constantly discussing the power of the blog. How it is paramount for the small-business owner to be actively blogging on the web, creating a viral marketing campaign and getting involved in social media.
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The Huffington Post does it again. I thought a quick blog today on how technology / texting has changed our lives (including the promotional products distributor) would be fun today.
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The recent wave of suicides at the Foxconn manufacturing plant in China has served as an eye-opener to what life is like living in a factory culture. Proposed wage increases across Chinese factories have created a dialog in the U.S.
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I watched the Oscars back in March. It’s kind of like a glamour and creativity Super Bowl for me. And so it was with surprise and delight that I watched Sandra Bullock win the award for best actress.
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For six months or so, in the eye of the worst economic contraction of my lifetime, businesses and forecasters have been declaring the recession over. Regardless of layoffs and spending freezes, experts and non-experts alike stated with great clarity that all was well.
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This is an awesome example of how a simple video posted online can turn into a phenomenon. If you’ve spent any time surfing the net you have surely seen the youtube video “David after the Dentist.”
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I got a new phone yesterday. It’s one of those fancy, newfangled 3G smart phones and has a whole host of awesome features that my old phone didn’t have: a touch-screen, Wi-Fi, video—you name it, its got it. When it arrived, I was like a kid on Christmas morning. I couldn’t wait to get it out of the box and start using it.
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» My only regret in life is that I didn’t drink enough champagne.«
John Maynard Keynes, economist (1883-1946)
The other day in the business section of the morning paper (yes, I still read the paper every morning) I read that General Motors was closing the doors on one-time Swedish Car brand Saab.
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Over the course of the last decade, a vast majority of Americans pulled out a great, big pair of rose-colored glasses and tricked themselves into believing our financial worth was invincible. We tricked ourselves into believing—regardless of the fact that the value of our money was declining—massive borrowing and spending was acceptable. Somehow, some way, debts would be cleared, McMansion mortgages would be met and keeping up with the Jones’ could be an attainable goal.
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